Well-fishing tool



May 19, 1925.

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WELL FISHING TOOL Filed June 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l May 19, 1925.

C. D. MCCARTY ET AL WELL FISHING TOOL Filed June 19, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented May `19, 1,925.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHALMEB D. MQCABTY AND JOHN W. DRIGGS, F SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA.

WELL-FISHING TOOL.

Application filed :une 19, 1924. Serial No. 721,041.

To all whom 'it may concern:

' Be it known that we, CHA- Liann D. Mo- CARTY and JOHN' W. DRIGGs, citizens of the United States, residing Iat Santa Paula, in the county of Ventura and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Well-Fishing Tools; and we do hereby declare the following' to be a full, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to-which it' appertains to make and use the same. y. f This invention relates to a fishing tool used to4 remove other tools, nuts or the like which may have dropped to the bottom of a well.

It is aimed to provide anovel construction wherein the lfingers employed may be secured in a'retaining position with respect to a fished article while the tool is being rel Another object isto provide a novel construction wherein the ngers are unitarily connected together and capable of removal and co-act with cam means adapted to` be 'More vparticular objects and advantages will become apparent' from a consideration of the description following, nection with the accompanying drawings illustrating an operative embodiment.

Figure 1 is a view of the tool in central longitudinal section, showing the parts in normal position;

Fi re 2 is a similar view of the tool showin the parts in retaining engagement with a shed article;

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view taken p on the line 3-3 of Figure 1;

Fi .1re 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of-Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the unitary finger structure;

Fi re 6 is a perspective view of one of the. gers; and

Figure 7 is an enlar ed perspective view of the retaining ring or said `finger, illustrating the socket thereof.

Like reference characters desi ate like or similar parts in the different views.

Referring s ecifically to the drawings, 10 designates a arrel or bowl adapted to be sus ended in a well from a fishing device. This barrel or bowl is in a plurality of sepataken in conrable sections, for instance a body section 11 and a top section 12, screw threaded together as at 13. The wall of the body section -11 has a suitable number of interiorV longitudinally extending grooves 14 and such wall at the upper endis generally reduced in' thickness so as to provide a shoulder or ledge at 15. The lower end of the cap 12 extends inwardly of the adjacent inner wall of section 11 and provides a shoulder at 16.

A unitary fishing device is shown at 17 and consists of a ring 18 in sections 19 se cured together by an annular rod or wire 20. Intermediate the sections 19, fishing a'rod 20 and having extensions integral with the fingers and journaled or pivoted in recesses 22 extending inwardly from the outerl surfaces of the sections 19 to extend the bearing of the fingers. Theupper ends of the fingers are inwardly or angularly deflected as at 23 and their lower ends may be inwardly thickened and serrated as at 24. lThe rin 18 rests on the ledge 15 and is held against displacement in either direction by fingers 21 are disposed, being journaled on the shoulder ledges 15 and 16. The main portions of the gripping fingers are normally disposed in the grooves or slots 14.

Within the bowl or barrel is a truncated conical or cam head 24 with whose'inclined or cam surfaces, the ends 23 co-act and usually engage. Head 24 is carried b a turnable shank 25 which is screw threadedv at 26-in a collar 27 at the upper end of the cap sections 12. Connection between the head 24 and shank 25 ma be made through the medium of a screw t eaded stud 28 carried by the shank and threaded in a recess 29 of the head.

The upper end of the shank 25Y as at 29 is screw threaded or otherwise nished for at tachment to a fishing tool.

In o ration, should a tool, nut or other article lost or dropped to the bottom of a well, the present device is used by attaching the shank 25 at 29 to a. fishing tool, which is disposed ,in the well and turned after it reaches the bottom. When the bowl reaches the bottom of the well, the head 24 is in the position shown in Figure 1 and the fingers are retracted in the ooves 14 due to gravity, because their ivots are nearer the top than the bottom. e article to be fished the fishing tool will turned so as-'to the shank 25 and thus turn and elevate the head 2d causing the latter through its earn co-aotidn with 'the ends 23 of the ngers, to

move the lingers inwardly at their ends 24 and thereby engage the article. This retaining engagement by the fingers will be maintainedl since the cam '2d cannot be moved until the shank is turned in the revee direction. As a result the lost artiolemay be readily engaged, and while the latter is elevated from the well.Y

Various Changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

*we claim as our invention l. A fishing tool having a bowl made in separabl sections, the end of one of theV sections constituting a shoulder, the other section havingeasshoulder `Opposed to the first mentioned shouldeqagring located interinediate the shoulders, v fishingiingers carried by the ring, and means to aetuatethe fishing lingers. .Y

2. A fishing tool having ishing fingers, a ring carrying said ingers, means to aotuate said lingers, said ring being in sections, a rod connecting the sections, said ingers being pivoted on said rod and betweenv thev seej' retained by the bowl tions, said seetions recesses, and eX- tensions on the lingers disposed insaid' reoesses.

8. A fishing tool eonsistingof a bowl having a body section, said body section having its wall redoed at 'the upper end and provided with a shoulder, a cap section screw threaded to said wall and having its lower end constituting a shoulder, a ring disposed i'nrmediate `said shoulders, the body seotionbelowthe shoulders having longitudinalkly extending; slots, fishing fingers pivoted to said ring and having portions normally oooup ing said slots, the upper portions of said Shing fingers extending inwardly, a cani head (3o-acting with said upper po-rtions to project the lower ends'of the fingers, a rotatable shank extending 'from the cani head, and said kshank being screw threaded in the cap sectioifi.v

in testimony whereof we al'hx our signatures in -presente oil? 'two witnesses.

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Joint w. nare-es. 

